Chorasus costatus (Broun, 1893)

Lord, Nathan P. & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2014, Illustrated Catalogue and Type Designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 3809 (1), pp. 1-127 : 20

Chorasus costatus (Broun, 1893)

( Figs. 89–90 )

Vitiacus costatus Broun, 1893b: 1087 . Broun 1895: 195. Hutton 1904: 169. Broun 1921a: 530. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 48. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 11.

Chorasus costatus: Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 368 , based on synonymy of Vitiacus with Chorasus (p. 368). Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Moeraki.

Broun number: 1937.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1937. [in Broun’s hand] // Moeraki - Otago - [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922- 482. // Vitiacus costatus . [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 82–90. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 82–83) Holotype card-mount; labels, Bitoma serraticula Sharp, 1886.; 84–86) Lectotype, Bitoma vicina Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 87–88) Holotype, Chorasus buckleyi Lord and Leschen (repl. name for Vitiacus subcaecus Broun, 1921); labels; 89–90) Holotype, Chorasus costatus (Broun, 1893; as Vitiacus); labels.